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Table 5 Total N 2 O emissions from two sugarcane soils (sandy loam and clay) from Broadwater (NSW) after periods of 30 and 60 days incubation at three WFPS levels following addition of OAs

From: Greenhouse gas emissions from sub-tropical agricultural soils after addition of organic by-products

 

Cumulative N2O emission (kg N2O-N ha-1)

 

Sandy loam soil

Clay soil

 

WFPS

WFPS

Treatment

60%

75%

90%

60%

75%

90%

   

Day 30

   

UN

0.04 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.002

1.40 ± 0.08

0.06 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.02

MM

0.02 ± 0.001

0.02 ± 0.003

0.05 ± 0.003

0.03 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.002

0.04 ± 0.01

RB

0.02 ± 0.001

0.02 ± 0.003

0.04 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.02

0.04 ± 0.01

MB

0.02 ± 0.001

0.02 ± 0.003

0.02 ± 0.001

0.04 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.002

0.03 ± 0.01

CM

0.02 ± 0.001

0.03 ± 0.01

1.48 ± 0.15

0.03 ± 0.004

0.04 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.03

HC

0.65 ± 0.11

0.73 ± 0.09

2.73 ± 0.38

0.16 ± 0.02

0.38 ± 0.13

0.72 ± 0.19

   

Day 60

   

UN

1.07 ± 0.07

1.49 ± 0.26

3.73 ± 0.24

0.97 ± 0.07

0.89 ± 0.06

1.93 ± 0.27

MM

1.97 ± 0.21

3.20 ± 0.33

3.65 ± 0.15

1.11 ± 0.13

1.26 ± 0.15

1.63 ± 0.14

RB

0.61 ± 0.03

0.81 ± 0.07

1.14 ± 0.17

0.51 ± 0.03

0.60 ± 0.05

0.81 ± 0.14

MB

1.17 ± 0.16

2.09 ± 0.25

2.25 ± 0.24

0.72 ± 0.03

1.12 ± 0.13

1.51 ± 0.14

CM

1.08 ± 0.04

1.49 ± 0.17

4.06 ± 0.45

0.86 ± 0.08

1.20 ± 0.05

1.42 ± 0.06

HC

1.99 ± 0.12

2.32 ± 0.44

8.29 ± 0.85

1.27 ± 0.15

2.46 ± 0.39

4.25 ± 0.52

  1. Urea (200 kg N ha-1) was added on Day 30. Values present the mean with SE (n = 5).